Consumer Information on
SAR (Specific Absorption
Rate)
This Model Phone Meets the
Government’s Requirements for
Exposure to Radio Waves.
Your wireless phone is a radio transmitter
and receiver. It is designed and
manufactured not to exceed the
emission limits for exposure to radio
frequency (RF) energy set by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) of
the U.S. Government. These limits are
part of comprehensive guidelines and
establish permitted levels of RF energy
for the general population. The
guidelines are based on standards that
were developed by independent
scientific organizations through periodic
and thorough evaluation of scientific
studies. The standards include a
substantial safety margin designed to
assure the safety of all persons,
regardless of age and health.
The exposure standard for wireless
mobile phones employs a unit of
measurement known as the Specific
Absorption Rate, or SAR. The SAR limit
set by the FCC is 1.6W/kg. * Tests for SAR
are conducted using standard operating
positions specified by the FCC with the
phone transmitting at its highest
certified power level in all tested
frequency bands. Although SAR is
determined at the highest certified
power level, the actual SAR level of the
phone while operating can be well
below the maximum value. Because the
phone is designed to operate at multiple
power levels to use only the power
required to reach the network, in
general, the closer you are to a wireless
base station antenna, the lower the
power output.
Before a phone model is available for sale
to the public, it must be tested and
certified to the FCC that it does not
exceed the limit established by the
government-adopted requirement for
safe exposure. The tests are performed in
positions and locations (e.g., at the ear
and worn on the body) as required by
the FCC for each model. The highest SAR
value for this model phone when tested
for use at the ear is 1.17 W/kg and when
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